Fare-register.



P G R vEu m D M E MR E ER am I APPLICATION FILED JAN. 13. 1906.

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Wit eases w No. 834,118. PATEN'I'ED OCT. 23, 1906.

G. E. GIERDING.

FARE REGISTER. A PPLIOATION FILED JAN.13,1906.

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N0. 834,118. PATENTED OCT. 23, 1906.

' G. E. GIBRDING.

FARE REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.13.1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

FARE-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 23, 1906,

Application filed January 13, 1906. Serial No. 295,932.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. GIERDING, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Newark, in the State of New J ersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Fare-Registers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to those fare-registers in which numeral-wheelsare employed in the trip-register at least, and preferably in apermanent register or totalizer also, the axes of both sets of wheelsbeing parallel with each other, and to those fare-registers having suchtrip-register numeral-wheels in which provision is made for indicatingeach registration of a fare by an actuation-indicator moving with theactuating mechanism and in which a reset flag or not-set indicatorconceals the indication of the trip-register or a portion thereof duringthe setting operation as an aid to insure completely resetting thetrip-register to zero at each setting operation.

The leading object of the present invention is to simplify andstrengthen to the utmost means for actuating the trip-register andtotalizer numeral-wheels and the numeral-printing wheels, if there be aprinting device, and for moving the actuation-indicator in the operationof registering fares.

Other objects of the invention are to prevent over movements in theregistering operation by means of a cushioned momentumcontrollingdevice, to simplify and strengthen to the utmost means for operating andcontrolling an endwise-movable setting-shaft and for operating thenot-set indicator, to adapt the sameto lock the actuating mechanism in anew and effective way, and to adapt the improved register to be madeeither single or double and with or without a printing devlce.

Four sheets of drawings accompany this specification as part thereof.

Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a face view and an edge view of asingle register with printing device embodying the present invention.Figs. 3 and 4 are outline front views of the inner mechanism of the samewith certain parts omitted, illustrating, respectively, the registeringoperation and the setting operation. Fig. 5 is a face view of theregister with the front of its casing, including the dial-plate,removed, showing the inner mechanism as a whole on a larger scale withthe setting-key in effective position. Figs. 6

and 7 are detail views of the rocking pawlcarrier of theactuating-mechanism, and Figs. 8 and 9 are like views of theactuator-locking bolt on the same scale as Fig. 5. Figs. 10 and 11 aresectional edge views on the same scale as Fig. 5 and projectedtherefrom, showing one and the same side of the inner mechanism with thesetting-key only removed in Fig. 10 and with other parts omitted andbroken away in Fig. 11. Figs. 12 and 13 and Figs. 14 and 15,respectively, are detail views of the locking-collar and adj acent partsshown in the foreground in Fig. 11, on the same scale. Fig. 16 is a faceview, on the same scale, of the back of the register-casing, showing themain actuating-slide and its appurtenances, together with the bellmechanism in part and Fig. 17 is a sectional elevation showing the innerside of the main framepiece that is in the foreground in Figs. 10 and 11and illustrating the operation of the numeral-wheels of the totalizerand printing device and means for preventing over movements by momentumin the registering operation.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in all the figures.

The external characteristics of the improved fareregister as it is shownin the drawings include, preferably and conveniently, a circular drum orcasing shown complete in Figs. 1 and 2 and composed of separable backand front parts 1 and 2, made respectively, of cast metal and sheetmetal, together with a transparent dial-cover 3, of glass, behind whichthe indications of tripregister numeral-wheels a, totalizernumeralwheels I), and a direction-indicator c are exposed to viewthrough the respective apertures a b, and c of an apertured dial-plate4, as in Fig. 1.

An actuation-indicator d is also periodically exposed to view throughsaid aperture 0. during the registering operation to show that theregistration of a fare is in progress, and a not-set indicator 6 isexposed to view through the same aperture during the setting operationto show that the operation of resetting the trip-register to zero isbegun and is not fully completed.

Other external characteristics are means for actuating saidtrip-register and totalizer wheels to register each fare on both and forattesting each registration by ringing an inclosed bell f, suchactuating means being represented by the customary protruding stud ITC5, Figs. 2, 10, and 11, means for periodically resetting the trip-register wheels to zero, aperating said direction-indicator c andnotset indicator 6 and operating an inclosed printing device, such as isrepresented by its numeral-printing wheels 9, trip-indication printingdevice it, movable frame i, and record-drum in Fig. 5, such resettingand operating means being represented by the customary externalresetting knob or key 76, and, finally, a door Z in the register-casingall'ording access to said record-drum j of the printing device. Saidback part 1 of the registercasing is provided internally, as best seenin Fig. 16, with a vertically-movable main slide m, from the back ofwhich said actuatingstud 5 projects through a slot 6 in said back part,as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 16, also a pair of buffers n and n,formed by rubber blocks fastened within rectangular sockets, betweenwhich buffers said slide m reciprocates, also a retracting-spring 0 andamplitying-lever p, interacting with an end flange 7 and an adjacentstud 8 on said slide m at its upper end and serving to hold said slidenormally in contact with the bottom buffer a, also the several parts ofa full-stroke de vice, said parts including a dog 9, having a fixedpivot and interacting with a ratcheti'lange 10 on said slide m, and,finally, a rockshaft Q, its bearings 11 and 12, and a tensile spring 1",stretched from an arm 13 of said rook-shaft to a stud 14: on said backpart, said rock-shaft g carrying the bell-hammer s. This bell-hammer, asshown, is characterized by a detached and springretracted face part 15,which is projected into contact with the bell f by momentum when a pairof stopshoulders 16 and 16, Fig. 10, on the bellhammer s and itsright-hand bearing 11 come in contact. The instantaneous retraction ofsaid face part by its spring insures clear and sharply-defined strokesof the bell.

The other parts of the mechanism of the register are supported by a pairof framepieces 17 and 18, parallel with each other, perpendicular to theface of said back part 1 and rigidly attached thereto in the workingregister. These frame-pieces 17 and 18 and the parts supported by themare shown in place in Figs. 5, 10, and 11 and detached in Figs. 3, 41,and 17, which see. lVhen the main slide m is pulled through the mediumof the customary operating-back and the said stud 5, its motion towardthe top buffer a is transmitted primarily and directly through aknuckle-joint, the respective parts of which are shown at 19 and 20, toa pawl-carrier t, on which said part 20 is formed and which rocks on anaXis concentric with that of said trip-register wheels a. Saidpawl-carrier t is mounted on the outer end of the hub of a ratchet-wheelu and is further supported by a bracket or bridgepiece 21, fixedlyattached to the right-hand frame-piece 17, and it carries in addition tothe main pawl u said actuation-indicator (Z, which pro'ects rigidlytherefrom over the units-wheel of the trip-register wheels a and in itseffective position, Fig. 3, shows instead of that wheel and of acontrasting color through the dial-aperture a, as above stated.

A spring-pressed detentpawl a pivotally attached to said right-handframe-piece 17, interacts with said ratchet-wheel u, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 10, and by means of a heel end 22, protruding from behindthe bell f and interacting with a stud 23 on the bellhanuner s, retractsand trips the latter in the act of riding over each ratchet-tooth, so asto ring the bell 7 upon the completion of each one-tooth movement of theratchet-wheel "it. Such movement of the ratchet-wheel is transmitteddirectly to the un ts-wheel of the tripregister wheels (4 and to thefirst of a train of SP1 r-wheels 24 25 26, Fig. 17, by which theunits-wheel of the totaliZer-wheels b is simultaneously actuated topermanently register the same fare, and the units-wheel of thenumeral-printing wheels 9 is or may be corresponding-1y set for the nextprinting operation. Interposed between said. first spurwheel 24 and thetrip-register units-wheel and doweled through said spur-wheel to theratchet-wheel u is the wheel 1), Fig. 17, of a moinentum-controllingdevice in the form of a reversed ratchet-wheel. When the main slide m ispulled, a stud 27, Figs. 6 and 7, on the pawl-carrier t interacts with acam-slot 28, Fig. 17, in a momentumd0g i) and presses its tooth 29 intoone of the interdental notches of said wheel 2 so that its square endwill contact with the square end. of the approaching tooth of the wheel,and thus prevent an over movement of the numeralwheels. Said dog 1) ispivoted on a stud 30, Fig. 17, within a longitudinal slot 31 and iscushioned by a tensile spring 41 which is stretched from said stud to astud 32 on the dog 7/, so as to hold said dog 1) up to its work byspring-pressure. In the registering operation said ratchet-wheel a,spurwheels 24 25 26, momentum-controlling wheel 1), and the units-wheelsof the trip-register Wheels a, totalizer-wheels b, and numeralprintingwheels g turn together step by step. The units numeral-printing wheel isactuated by spur-gear connections 33, Fig. 5, with the shaft of thetotalizer spur-wheel 26, and the totalizer units-Wheel, and notion is ormay be transmitted by the several units-wheels to the respectivetens-wheels, and so on, by known spur-gear connections.

The setting-key kis screwed directly into the right-hand end of ahorizontal shaft w, upon which the trip-register wheels at are normallyloose and which serves conveniently to support the bell f by itsright-hand end and by its protruding left-hand end the recorddrum of theprinting device. The several trip-register wheelsv a, may be clutched'to said momentum-controlling wheel 1) and to their respective spur-gearconnections and unclutched therefrom, and motion may be transmitted toeach from said shaft w when it is turned by the key 70 in the manner andby the means set forth in my specifications forming part of UnitedStates Letters Patent Nos. 800,565 and 800,567, dated September 26,1905.

The shaft w is normally locked against rotation by a notched collar 34,Fig. 5 and Figs. 11-13, fast on the right-hand end of the shaft adjacentto the bridge-piece 21, Fig. 5 and Figs. 11, 14, and 15, which isprovided with a stud 35 to interlock with the locking-notch of saidcollar and with a spring-pressed pawl 36, having an extended lip tointeract with ratchet indentations 37 in the periphery of said collar 34for controlling the direction of the setting rotation. When the key is,and therewith the shaft w, is pulled to unlock the shaft for the settingoperation, said collar 34 interacts with the inner edge of a lever 90,Figs. 3, 4, 5, 10, and 11, having a fixed pivot 38 near the bottom ofthe mechanism and acted on near the top of the mechanism by a strongtensile spring :13, stretched horizontally therefrom through a hole inthe righthand frame-piece 17 and fastened to the other frame-piece 18,said spring serving to hold said lever, and therewith the collar 34 andthe shaft w, in normal position as regards the endwise movement of saidshaft until overcome by pulling the key is. A bolt y, Figs. 3-5 andFigs. 811, pivotally attached to said lever 00 near its spring-engagingend and extending to the left therefrom through holes in thebridge-piece 21 and the righthand frame-piece 17, is constructed with alug 39 to engage with the inner side of said frame-piece 17 as means forlimiting the outward movement of the key is and is farther provided witha notch 40, which in the registering operation, Figs. 3 and 5,coincideswith a peripheral flange 41 on the pawl-carrier t and istraversed by said flange when the main slide m is pulled, and when thekey is, shaft w, and lever 00 are pulled said bolt y is pulled into theposition in which it is shown in Fig. 4 and opposes a solid portion tosaid flange 41, so as to lock the pawl-carrier t, and therewith thewhole of the registering mechanism. At another point said lever :10carries a studpin 42, interacting with" the longitudinallyslotted heelend 43 of a hell-crank lever 2, the other extremity of which, 44, isalso longitudinally slotted or forked and engages with a stud 45 on theback of the not-set indicator e at the front of the mechanism.. (CompareFigs. 3, 4, 5, 10, and 11.) The pivots 38 38 38" of said lever :20,bell-crank lever 2, and

not-set indicator 6 are in common perpendicular to the back of theregister, and the indicator e is pivoted to the front edge of thelefthand frame-piece 18, so as t0swing in front of the units and tenswheels of the trip-register wheels at, as in Fig. 4, when the key k ispulled.

A slight turn ofthe key 76 in the direction of least resistance after itis pulled interlocks the fiat inner face of the collar 34 with the endof the stud 35, so as to prevent the return of the shaft to and leverand the other parts thus shifted until the rotation of the key to resetthe trip-register wheels a is completed. The ratchet indentations 37 inthe periphery of the collar 34, interacting with the pawl 36, preventreverse rotations of the key 76 and the shaft w in the customary way,and the indentations may extend around the periphery, if preferred.

The bell mechanism f q r s is not claimed herein, because it belongs toaseparate subclass and may be of any known or improved construction forthe purposes of the present invention.

The key is, shaft w, and lever x, with their immediate appurtenances,may be common to two sets of trip-register wheels a for different kindsof fares, arranged side by side in customary manner.

The direction-indicator c and printing devices g h i j, together withthe means for operating both, may for the purposes of the presentinvention be of any known or improved kind, or either or both of themmay beomitted.

The means for clutching and unclutching the trip-register wheels a andfor transmitting motion from the respective units-wheels to thetens-wheels, and so on, and the means for transmitting the settingmotion from the shaft w to the individual trip-register wheels mayobviously be modified without affecting the operation, and other likemodifications will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described said improvement, I claim as my invention, anddesire to patent under this specification I 1. The combination, in afare-register, of a back plate and a frame-piece perpendicular to saidback plate, rigidly united with each other, a main slide guided on saidback plate and adapted to be pulled for the registration of fares, meansfor retracting said slide, a rocking-pawl carrier coupled to said slide,a spring-pressed pawl upon said carrier, a ratchet-wheel, interactingwith said pawl, mounted on said frame-piece and having a hubuponwhichsaid pawl-carrier is mounted, a bridge-piece attached to saidframepieoe and forming in connection therewith a pair of supports forsaid pawl-carrier and ratchet-wheel, a spring-pressed detentpawl in meshwith said ratchet-wheel and supported by said frame-piece, and a set oftrip-register numeral-wheels to the units-wheel of which saidratchet-wheel is coupled.

2. The combination, in a fare-register, of a back plate and aframe-piece perpendicular to said back plate, rigidly united with eachother, a main slide guided. on said back plate and adapted to be pulledfor the registration of fares, means "for retracting said slide, arocking pawl-carrier coupled. to said slide, a springpressed pawl uponsaid carrier, a ratchet-wheel, interacting with said pawl, mounted onsaid frame-piece and having a hub upon which said pawl-carrier ismounted, a bridge-piece attached to said framepiece and forming inconnection therewith a pair of supports for said pawl-carrier andratchet-wheel, a spring-pressed detent-pawl in mesh with saidratchet-wheel and supported by said frame-piece, a train of spur-gearingthe first gear of which is concentric with said ratchet-wheel androtatable therewith, a set of trip-register numeral-wheels to theunits-wheel of which said ratchet-wheel is coupled, and a totalizer theunits-wheel of which is actuated by said spur-gearing.

3. The combination, in a fare-register, of a back plate and aframe-piece perpendicular to said back plate, rigidly united with eachother, a main slide guided on said back plate and adapted to be pulledfor the registration of fares, means for retracting said slide, arocking pawl-carrier coupled to said slide, a spring-pressed pawl uponsaid carrier, a ratchet-wheel, interacting with said pawl, mounted onsaid frame-piece and having a hub upon which said pawl-carrier ismounted, a bridge-piece attached to said frame-piece and forming inconnection therewith a pair of supports for said pawl-carrier andratchetwheel, a spring-pressed detent-pawl in mesh with saidratchet-wheel and supported by said frame-piece, a train of spur-gearingthe first gear of which is concentric with said ratchet-wheel androtatable therewith, a set of trip-register numeralwheels to theunitswheel of which said ratchet-wheel is coupled, a totalizer theunitswheel of which is actuated by said spur-gearing, and a printingdevice the units immoral-printing wheel of which is actuated by theshaft of said totalizer units-wheel and spur-gear connections therewith.

4. The combination, in a fare-register, of a back plate and aframe-piece perpendicular to said back plate, rigidly united with eachother, a main slide grided on said back plate and adapted to be pulledfor the registration of fares, a pair of bufl'ers between which saidslide reciprocates, a tensile spring and an amplifying-lever forretracting said slide, a rocking pawl-carrier coupled to said slide, apawl upon said carrier, a ratchet-wheel, interacting with said pawl,mounted on said framepiece and having a hub upon which said pawl-carrieris mounted, a bridge-piece attached to said frame-piece and forming inconnection therewith a pair of supports for said pawlcarrier andratchetwheel, a detent-pawl in mesh with said ratchet-wheel andsupported by said frame-piece, and a set of trip-register numeral-wheelsto the units-wheel of which said ratchet-wheel is coupled.

5. The combination, in a fare-register, of a back plate and aframe-piece perpendicular to said back plate, rigidly united with eachother, a main slide guided on said back plate and adapted to be pulledfor the registration of fares, means for retracting said slide, arocking pawl-carrier coupled to said slide, a pawl upon said carrier, aratchet-wheel interacting with said pawl, mounted on said frame-pieceand having a hub upon which said pawl-carrier is mounted, a bridgepieceattached to said frame-piece and forming in connection therewith a pairof supports for said pawl-carrier and ratchet-wheel, a detent-pawl inmesh with said ratchet-wheel and supported by said frame-piece, a set oftrip-register numeral-wheels to the uni tswheel of which saidratchet-wheel is coupled, and an actuation-indicator carried by saidpawl-carrier and projecting rigidly therefrom across the periphery ofsaid units numeralwheel.

6. In a fare-register, the combination with actuating means and suitablesupports of a rocking pawl-carrier, a pawl upon said carrier, aratchet-wheel interacting with said pawl, a detent-pawl in mesh withsaid ratchetwheel, a set of trip-register numeral-wheels to theunits-wheel of which said ratchet wheel is coupled, amomentum-controlling wheel interposed between said ratchet-wheel andsaid unitswheel, and a cushioned momentum-dog interacting with saidmomentum-controlling wheel to prevent ovcrmovements of saidnumeral-wheels in the registering operation.

7. In a fare-register, the combination with actuating means and suitablesupports of a rocking pawl-carrier, a pawl .upon said carrier, aratchet-wheel interacting with said pawl, a detent-pawl in mesh withsaid ratchetwheel, a set of trip-register numeral-wheels to theunits-wheel of which said ratchetwheel is coupled, amomentum-controlling wheel in the form of a reversed ratchet-wheelinterposed between said ratchet-wheel and said units-wheel, amomentum-dog interact ing with said momentum-controlling wheel andpivoted to a relatively fixed support by a stud within a longitudinalslot, and a spring interacting with said dog for cushioning it.

8. In a fare-register, the combination with actuating means and suitablesupports of a rocking pawl-carrier, a pawl upon said carrier, aratchet-wheel interacting with said pawl, a detent-pawl in mesh withsaid ratchetwheel, a set of trip-register numeral-wheels to theunits-wheel of which said ratchetwheel is coupled, amomentum-controlling wheel in the form of a reversed ratchet-wheelinterposed between said ratchet-wheel and said units-wheel, amomentum-dog having a tooth which is pressed into one of the interdentalnotches of said momentum-controlling wheel during each registeringoperation to prevent overmovements, said dog being in the form of alever pivoted to a relatively fixed support by a stud within alongitudinal slot, and a tensile spring stretched from said stud to astud on said dog, for cushioning the momentum-controlling device.

9. In a fare-register, the combination with actuating means and suitablesupports of a rocking pawl-carrier, a pawl upon said carrier, aratchet-wheel interacting with said pawl, a detent-pawl in mesh withsaid ratchetwheel, a set of trip-register numeral- "wheels to theunits-wheel of Which said ratchet-wheel is coupled, amomentum-controllnig wheel in the form of a reversed ratchet-wheelinterposed between said ratchet-wheel and said units-wheel, and amomentum-dog having a tooth which interacts with one of the interdentalnotches of said momentum-com trolling wheel during each registeringoperation to prevent overmovements, said dog be ing in the form of alever pivoted to said frame-piece and constructed with a cam-slot whichinteracts with a stud on said pawl-carrier to adapt the latter tooperate said dog.

10. In a fare-register, the combination with actuating means andsuitable supports of a rocking pawl-carrier, a pawl upon said carrier, aratchet-wheel interacting with said pawl, a detent-pawl in mesh withsaid ratchet-wheel, a set of trip-register numeraLwheels to theunits-wheel of which said ratchetwheel is coupled, spurgearingconnecting said units-wheel with the units-wheel of a totalizer, thesame including a spur-wheel interposed between said ratchet-wheel andsaid trip-register units-wheel, a momentum-controlling wheel in the formof a reversed ratchet-wheel interposed between this spur-wheel and saidtrip-register units-wheel and doweled through said spur-wheel to saidratchetwheel, a momentumdog interacting with said momentum-controllingwheel during each registering operation to prevent overmovements, meansfor pressing the tooth of said dog into one of the interdental notchesof said momentum-controlling wheel during each registering operation toprevent overmovements, and means for cushioning said dog.

11. In a fare-register, the combination with trip-registernumeral-wheels and means for actuating the same to register fares of alongitudinally-movable and rotatable shaft upon which said wheels areloose in the registering operation and the right-hand end of whichprotrudes therefrom, a collar fast on said protruding end and providedwith a locking-notch and a flat inner face, a relatively said face, alever having a fixed pivot and interacting with said collar, a tensilespring and a relatively fixed support to which the same is fastenedinteracting with said lever to keep said notch interlocked with saidstud, and a key interlocked with the protruding extremity of said shaftby which to pull the same to unlock it and to turn the shaft to resetsaid numeral-wheels.

12. In a fare-register, the combination with trip-registernumeral-wheels and means for actuating the same to register fares of alongitudinally movable and rotatable shaft upon which said wheels areloose in the registering operation and the right-hand end of whichprotrudes therefrom, a collar fast on said protruding end and providedwith a lockingnotch and a flat inner face, a relatively fixed studinteracting with said notch and said face, a lever having a fixed pivotand interacting with said collar, a tensile spring and a relativelyfixed support to which the same is fastened interacting with said leverto keep said notch interlocked with said stud, a key interlocked withthe protruding extremity of said shaft by which to pull the same tounlock it and to turn the shaft to reset said numeral-wheels, a not-setindicator having a relatively fixed pivot and arranged to swing in frontof said numeral-wheels during the setting operation, and a bell-cranklever having longitudinal slots in its heel end and its other extremityengaged respectively by studs on said lever and said indicator, wherebysaid indicator is moved into effective position by the interaction ofsaid lever and bell-crank lever when said key is pulled.

13. In a fare-register, the combination with trip-registernumeral-wheels and means for actuating the same to register fares of alon-' gitudinally movable and rotatable shaft upon which said wheels areloose in the registering operation and the right-hand end of whichprotrudes therefrom, a collar fast on said protruding end and providedwith a lockingnotch and a flat inner face, a relatively fixed studinteracting with said notch and said face, a lever having a fixed pivotand interacting with said collar, a tensile spring and a relativelyfixed support to which the same is fastened, interacting with said leverto keep said notch interlocked with said stud, a key interlocked withthe protruding extremity of said shaft by which to pull the same tounlock it and to turn the shaft to reset said numeral-wheels, and a boltcoupled to said lever movable endwise when the latter is pulled andprovided with a stop-lug which interacts with a relatively fixed part tolimit the out ward movement of said key and shaft.

14. In a fare-register, the combination with trip-registernumeral-wheels and means for actuating the same to register fares of alongitudinally movable and rotatable shaft upon fixed stud interactingwith said notch and i which said wheels are loose in the registering IISoperation and the right-hand end of which protrudes therefrom, a collarfast on said protruding end and provided with a lockingnotch and a flatinner face, a relatively fixed stud interacting with said notch and saidface, a lever having a fixed pivot and interacting with said collar, atensile spring and a relatively fixed support to which the same isfastened interacting with said lever to keep said notch interlocked withsaid stud, a key interlocked with the protruding extremity of said shaftby which to pull the same to un lock it and to turn the shaft to resetsaid numeral-wheels, a bolt coupled to said lever movable endwise whenthe latter is pulled and constructed with a lateral notch, and a flangecarried by a movable part of the actuating mechanism and arranged totraverse said notch in the registering operation and to interact with asolid portion of said bolt when said bolt is shifted by pulling said keyand lever.

15. The combination, in a fare-register, of trip-registernumeral-wheels, means for actuating the same to register fares includinga movable part having a flange, means for resetting said numeral-wheelsto zero including an endwise movable and rotatable hori- Zontal shaft onwhich said wheels are loose during the registering operation, a keyinterlocked with the protruding right-hand end of said shaft for pullingand rotating the same, a collar fast on said protruding end and.constructed with a locking-notch, a lever interacting with said collar,a tensile spring stretched from said lever, a relatively fixedlocking-stud arranged to interlock with said notch and a bolt coupled tosaid lever and constructed with a lateral notch arranged to be traversedby said flange during the registering operation, a solid portion of saidbolt interlocking with said flange after the parts are shifted for theresetting operation.

16. The combination, in a fare-register, of trip-registernumeral\vheels, means for actuating the same to register fares includinga movable part having a flange, means for resetting said numeral-wheelsto zero including an endwise movable and rotatable horizontal shaft onwhich said wheels are loose during the registering operation, a keyinterlocked with the protruding right-hand end of said shaft for pullingand rotating the same, a collar fast on said protruding end andconstructed with a locking-notch and a flat inner face, a leverinteracting with said collar, a tensile spring stretched from saidlever, a relatively fixed locking-stud arranged to interlock with saidnotch and said inner face, and a bolt coupled to said lever andconstructed with a lateral notch arranged to be traversed by said flangeduring the registering operation, a solid portion of said boltinterlocking with said flange after the parts are shifted. for theresetting operation.

17. The combination, in a fare-register, of trip-registernumeral-wheels, means for actuating the same to register fares includinga rocking pawl carrier having a peripheral flange, means for resettingsaid numeralwheels to zero including an endwise movable and rotatablehorizontal shaft on which said wheels are loose during the registeringoperation, a key interlocked with the protruding right-hand end of saidshaft for pulling and rotating the same, a collar fast on said shaft andconstructed with a locking-notch, a lever interacting with said collar,a tensile spring stretched from said lever, a relatively fixedlocking-stud arranged to interlock with said notch, and a bolt coupledto said lever and constructed with a lateral notch arranged to betraversed by said peripheral flange on the pawl-carrier during theregistering operation, a solid portion of said bolt interlocking withsaid flange after the parts are shifted for the resetting operation,substantially as hereinbefore specified.

CHARLES E. GIERDING.

Witnesses:

CHAs. L. ERVIN, A. M. Srorrono.

